Stay-wire for fences.



No. 678,087. Patented luly 9, |90l`.

S. W. YARLOT.

STAY WIRE FUR FENCES.

(Application led Oct. 6, 1900.)

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l vide against bending of the stay-wires in case any of. ythe strands are made to approach each.

SCOTT W. YARLOTT, OF NEY, OHIO.

STAY-WIRE son FeNci-zs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 678,087, dated July 9, 1901. l

Application filed October', 1900. Serial No. '$2,238. (No model.)v

T0 all whom, t may'concern.-

Beit known that LSCTT W.YARLOT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ney, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stay-Wires for Fences, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. v

This invention relatesto wire fences, and particularly to that class known as vstays.7 The object of the invention is to provide novel means for connecting the wires of a fence to prevent sagging andstretching.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to provide a stay-wire which will permit a certain amount of movement of the strands which comprise thefence toward each other without aiecting the relation of the strands and the stays, or, inV other words, vthe arrangement is such that the strands embraced by the loops of the stays are allowedifree longitudinal and vertical movement. v

Further, the object of the invention is to provide a combined stay-wire and guard and y `also a guard Without the stay-wire,said guards being designed'for the purpose of holding the links in an approximately vertical plane that each panel may have a series of links uniformly positioned.

A further object of the invention is to proother, it being wellunderstood that Where the strands are confined in the loops of the staywires said stays will bend when the strands are made to approach and the partswill not then resume their normal position.

Finally, the object ofthe invention is to produce aguard and, in combination therewith, .two (2) stay-wires, which are confined by a single guard.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and the arrangement and combination of parts, to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, whereby a fence is produced which lwill possess advantages in points of strength, durability, and efficiency.

In describing the invention in detail ref# erence will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specicatiomwherein like characters denote corresponding parts i in the several views, and in which-A Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing a section of'a fence embodying the invention.

Fig. 6 shows the application of a guard for retaining two stay-wires. Fig. 7 is a view showing stays of modified construction.

In these' drawings, 1 indicates a post, and

. 2 the wire strands comprising the fence. The

guards 3 have their ends coiled around thev stay-wires, the central portionof said guards being bent outward from the strands, so as to confine the stay-wires between the coiled portions, the central portion, andthe strands. p

The stay-wires extend downwardlyiu loops from the strands above the one on 4which the` guard is secured and upwardly from the one ybelow the strands on which the .guard is se? cured, and each of the loops embraces thev strands on which the guards are secured and the drawings. Another arrangement of the stay-wires is shown at A, in which the ends of the stay are coiledy around strands of tliefence with the loops embracing the strand nextbelow, the said loops being guarded by the coils of the next'succeeding stay-wire, 'while the lowerstay-wires are confined by guards similar-to those heretofore described. As shown in section B, a combined guard and stay-wire isemployed'in'which one end of each stay-wire -is coiled around a strand,

then looped slightly to forma guard, and then Vcoiled again about the stay-w`ireand looped about the next succeeding strand'with the end brought back and coiled on the stay-wire, as shown in the drawings. In this last arrangement I prefer to use a guarden either the upper or lowerv strand, according to the way the stays extend.

The advantages of this invention will, it is thought, be understood from the foregoing description, it being noted that changes iny the proportion and details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the claim.

are confined by said guard, as'fullyshowny inl' IOO Having fully described the invention, what I ciaim, and desire to secure by Letterslatent, is

In a stay-Wire for fences, the combination with the strands, of stays each comprising a piece of wire twisted on a strand, then curved to form a guard, and again twisted on the strand and looped over` the next succeeding strand, the guard of one Wire standing at an opposite angle to that immediately below, as and for the purpose described. 1o

In testimony whereof I aiix mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

SCOTT W. YARLO'I. Witnesses:

L S. ANSBURY, C. C. NOTT. 

